Petticoat Discipline.....

[FurryFury]

Wrong answer...

That's actually a later development of the going commando thing.

The reason men didn't wear anything underneath is not for the faint of heart, so quit reading now if you've a weak stomach.

The climate of the Highlands in Scotland and pretty much all of Ireland is very damp and rainy most of the time. The one fabric that was easily available in both countries was wool. (Around 300 years ago or so, in Ireland they started planting flax, but that was primarily used for the rich folks who could afford the finer fabrics.) So your basic Celt was wearing itchy, scratchy wool, which holds moisture. While some finer woolen weaves were available and could be used as underthings, they were still wool and they still chafed. So the skin gets irritated, and then it gets chafed and pretty soon the poor man's got crotch rot (AKA tinea cruris ) on his tender bits. Crotch rot is a nasty skin infection, and if a guy's lucky, his tackle itself will be spared. His backside, anus, perineum, inner thighs, and the area just above his tackle will be nasty, but his tackle would still work if they could get anyone close enough to er, play.


Even though crotch rot is more easily preventable these days, most guys who wear kilts will tell you that they're just more comfortable that way.

That makes total sense.

BTW, wearing a uniform in an unheated, un-air conditioned factory that is full of chemicals and WET a lot, for 12-13 hour shifts, can lead to the same sort conditions, particularly in summer.

Fury